Hydroponics are designated solutions for economical utilization of water and fertilizers and offer favourable growth settings to the vegetables. This contemporary cultivation methodology is perennially being favoured over traditional farming, on account of its property to offer sustainable growth to vegetables even during adverse weather conditions. As a subsequence, analysts envisage healthy growth prospects for the global hydroponics market with a striking CAGR of over 6% through 2025, on the coattails of influential propositions made by this procedure.

Pathogens incubate in soils and contaminate crops and vegetables to cause E.coli and Salmonella poisoning, which poses severe health threats and even deaths in some circumstances, on the consumption of infected plants. Rising cognizance pertaining to these health risks is acutely entailing vegetables and crops cultivated in an environment free from pathogens, which can be realized with the hydroponic procedure as it eliminates any soil requisites. Proliferated adoption of the modernistic cultivation methodology has fortified the growth of the global hydroponics market and is projected to be worth US$ 12,106.5 Mn through 2025 from the value of US$ 6,934.6 Mn in 2016.

Lettuce to Account for a Whopping 32.9% Worth of Share in the Vegetable Segment of the Hydroponics Market

According to the report, the global hydroponics market is bifurcated into cucumber, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers, among others. On the whole, lettuce is anticipated to relatively procure large market share than its counterparts, owing to numerous sales factors.

Lettuce is gaining widespread popularity among urban consumers. With the accelerated pace of urbanization, demand for lettuce is considered to be on perpetual growth. In addition to this, lettuce has been a preferred vegetable in a plethora of recipes, which further triggers the demand for lettuce from restaurants, reflecting favourably on the expansion of hydroponics market with an estimated share worth 32.9% through 2025.

European Hydroponics Market to Hit New Highs With a Share Worth over 40% through 2025

Geographically, the hydroponics market has been fragmented into the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and North America. Among these regions, Europe is foreseen to hold a supreme position for favouring the growth of the hydroponics market with an estimated share of over 40% through 2025.

Europe has been a forerunner in executing advanced agricultural methodologies to ensure higher crop yields. Increasing awareness of the adverse greenhouse effects has been one of the prominent drivers for the rapid adoption of the hydroponics procedures. Furthermore, encouragement to the cultivation of a variety of vegetables is yet another factor influencing the growth of the European hydroponics market.

Mapping the footprints of Europe in the global hydroponics market, North America has been replicating the rate of adoption of this modernistic procedure, owing to the rising demand for a variety of vegetables yielded with the hydroponics procedure. Rapid rise in urbanization in the developed economies is anticipated to result in a significant inclination towards the adoption of hydroponic vegetables, thereby, intensifying the growth of the global hydroponics market.

Manufacturers of the Global Hydroponics Market Undergoes into Strategic Mergers and Productive Collaborations to Expand their Businesses

Significant investment opportunities encircling the hydroponics market especially in North America and Europe are considered to intensify the competition, which will prove advantageous for the global hydroponics market. The leading players emphasising on the expansion of their hydroponics business by entering into strategic mergers and productive collaboration is a reason potent enough to trigger the growth of the global hydroponics market

Report Description - Hydroponics Market

A new report published by Future Market Insights (FMI) lends a holistic view of the global hydroponics market. The detailed study includes a precise forecast and analysis of the global hydroponics market. The report offers key insights culled from the historical data for 2013-2016 and forecast for the period 2017-2025. The market estimation for hydroponics has been done in revenue (US$ Mn). The study provides restraints and drivers influencing the consumption pattern of hydroponics vegetables across the world, which affects the growth of the hydroponics market. The market study evaluates existing challenges faced by the end-users and opportunities available for the hydroponics market manufacturers.

Scope of the Global Hydroponics Market

The statistics and numbers required for forecasting the market have been obtained from the Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) website and similar other primary and secondary sources. The average pricing of the hydroponics vegetables and the revenue of the overall market has been derived through the regional pricing trends.

The size and prediction for each of the global hydroponics market segment are included in the study on the basis of global and regional markets. Numerous regional hydroponics vegetable manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers have been consulted in order to obtain the prices used for the analysis.

While preparing the report, the significant end-users have been considered and their potential application is estimated based on the feedback and information derived from the primary and secondary sources. The secondary sources such as FAO, Factiva, and Hoover’s have been consulted to extract the information for the preparation of this report, apart from the financial report, investor relations, annual publications, and annual reports of the company.

The demand patterns for each of the countries has been studied and incorporated in the study of hydroponics market. The information about the market share of the companies has been derived from revenues reported by the manufacturers.

Segmentation of the Global Hydroponics Market

The attractiveness of the hydroponics market has been estimated based on the type of vegetable, distribution channel, origin, farming, and region. Depending on the vegetable type, the hydroponics market has been divided into lettuce, cucumber, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, among others. On the basis of the distribution channel type, the global hydroponics market is fragmented into modern trade, grocery stores, whole food & specialty stores, unorganized small stores, bulk suppliers & distributors.

Based on the farming type, the hydroponics market can be classified into indoors and outdoors. Depending on the origin, the hydroponics market can be classified into natural and organic and conventional. On the basis of the region, the global hydroponics market can be segmented into North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Latin America. Each of these regions have been analysed on the basis of the market attractiveness.

A Look at the Competitive Landscape of the Global Hydroponics Market

The report makes key observation on the competition prevailing in the hydroponics market with the help of value chain analysis. With a view to providing an insightful view of the market, the report includes an analysis of the leading players prevailing in the landscape of the global hydroponics market, along with their business strategies and key developments. A dashboard has been incorporated in this report with a list of hydroponics market manufacturers that analysis the competition on the basis of the parameters such as product portfolio, total revenue, innovation scale, and operating margin.